trout, agreed. By the way, Jimmy Stewart was one of the notable exceptions as well - enrolled as a private, got himself transferred to combat duty despite celebrity status, led bomb groups personally into Germany to inspire them and at his orders these missions were uncounted. (The official count was 20, and the chances of making it past 24 were miniscule.) He made it to Colonel by the end of the war, and Brigadier General in the reserves - flying once as an observer in Vietnam, but suppressing any publicity. Too bad more folks didn’t learn from his example.
Ironically, Reagan promoted him to a Major General after his retirement from the reserves.
trout, agreed. By the way, Jimmy Stewart was one of the notable exceptions as well - enrolled as a private, got himself transferred to combat duty despite celebrity status, led bomb groups personally into Germany to inspire them and at his orders these missions were uncounted. (The official count was 20, and the chances of making it past 24 were miniscule.) He made it to Colonel by the end of the war, and Brigadier General in the reserves - flying once as an observer in Vietnam, but suppressing any publicity. Too bad more folks didn’t learn from his example. Ironically, Reagan promoted him to a Major General after his retirement from the reserves.